Worked as Research Associate (RA) in AMAAS Project at ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, March 2016 - August 2016.

Worked as Research Associate (RA) in IPR Project at ICAR- Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, May 2013 - March 2016.

Worked as UGC Meritorious Senior Research Fellow (SRF) for 1 year at Department of Bioscience, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, April 2012 - March 2013.

Worked as UGC Meritorious Junior Research Fellow (JRF) for 2 year at Department of Bioscience, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, April 2010 - March 2012.

Area of Research/Interest

Research Projects Running/Undertaken

Project titled “Climate-Smart Agriculture: An Address of Food Security and Climate Change” is currently running under Government of Gujarat (GoG) funding at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.

Project titled “The Key Development in Biotechnology and its Impact on the Society, and Creation of Techno-legal Awareness towards the Recent Trends in Biotechnology” is currently running under Government of Gujarat (GoG) funding at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.

Project titled “Exploring the diversity of extreme halophiles by functional and comparative genomics of isolating novel genes and alleles for affording salinity tolerance to crop plants” worked under the funding of AMAAS (Application of Microorganisms for Agriculture and Allied Sectors) Project of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi at ICAR- Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh.

Project titled “Intellectual property management and transfer/commercialization of agricultural technology scheme (up-scaling of existing component i.e. Intellectual property rights - IPR)” worked under the funding of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi headquarter scheme on management and information service at ICAR- Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh.

Project titled "Molecular and Biochemical studies on Genus Gossypium" worked as a Doctoral dissertation under the funding of UGC Meritorious Fellowship & Government of Gujarat (GoG) funded CPBGE (Center for Advanced Studies in Plant Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering) Programme at Department of Bioscience, Saurashtra University, Rajkot.

Project titled "Genomics and Bioinformatics studies of the Genus Gossypium" worked as a M. Phil. dissertation under the funding of Government of Gujarat (GoG) funded CPBGE (Center for Advanced Studies in Plant Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering) Programme at Department of Bioscience, Saurashtra University, Rajkot.

Role of transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics in linking genome and phenome; importance of understanding the phenotypes for expiating the outcome of genomic technologies-knockout mutant studies and high throughput phenotyping. In: Green Biotechnology. Astral International Publishers. 2018.

The Protection of Food and Agricultural Goods under Geographical Indications in India: An Update. In: Purple Biotechnology. Astral International Publishers. 2018.

Carbon gain through alternate routes: analysis of complete genome data of haloarchaeon 3A1-DGR and expression of relevant genes shows the way for developing cultivars resilient to climate change, In: National Conference at ICAR- Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, 6-9 April 2018.

Dowry – a social evil: A bibliometric exploration. In: 40th All India Criminology Conference Organized by Gujarat National Law University in Collaboration with the Indian Society of Criminology, GNLU, 19-21 Jan 2018.

Revitalizing Agriculture of Economic Growth and Food Security, In: National Conference on Human Rights: Issues, Perspectives and Realities, United World School of Law, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, 22 July 2017.

Pre-natal Sex Selection and Infanticide: Advanced Technology vs Social Issues, Global Perspective, In: National Commission for Women, GoI sponsored One Day National Seminar on Role of Women in Sustainable Development, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, 1 April 2017.

Golden Jubilee Conference on Challenges and emerging strategies for improving plant productivity, Organized by Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 12-14 Nov 2008.

UGC Meritorious Fellowship (for 3 Years) was awarded by CAS-Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University for carried out doctoral work April 2010 – March 2013.

Best Paper/Poster Awarded

Best Poster Presentation entitled “Marker assisted selection for high oleate trait in groundnut” Awarded by UGC-CAS National Conference on Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization in 2015 organized by Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot.